The 2022 Cheltenham Borough Council elections took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election.[1]

Results

35,574
2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 18 Steady 85.7 13 31 77.5 19,595 55.1 +12.5
  Conservative 1 Decrease 1 4.8 5 6 15.0 9,867 27.7 -9.8
  PAB 1 Steady 4.8 1 2 5.0 996 2.8 -0.6
  Green 1 Increase 1 4.8 0 1 2.5 4,028 11.3 +0.3
  Labour 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,030 2.9 -2.5
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 47 0.1 N/A
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 11 0.0 -0.1
Party Previous council New council +/-
Liberal Democrats 31 31 0
Conservatives 7 6 -1
People Against Bureaucracy 2 2 0
Green Party 0 1 +1
Total 40 40

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*) [2]

All Saints

All Saints[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Izaac Augustus Tailford 1,048 62.9 +16.1
Conservative Peter Christensen 362 21.7 −8.1
Green Stephen West 145 8.7 −7.2
Labour Isobel Amy Laing 112 6.7 −0.9
Majority 686 41.2
Turnout 1,667 38.1 −1.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Battledown

Battledown[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matt Babbage* 893 46.4 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Ed Chidley 785 40.8 +1.7
Green Karen Celia Wilson 246 12.8 +4.3
Majority 108 5.6
Turnout 1,924 40.0 −6.0
Conservative hold Swing

Benhall & The Reddings

Benhall & The Reddings[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Charles Britter* 1,218 66.6 +15.0
Conservative Michael David Scott Evans 452 24.7 −13.1
Green Sarah Jane Field 158 8.6 +1.1
Majority 766 41.9
Turnout 1,828 46.3 −4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angie Boyes* 1,222 54.7 +8.3
Conservative Jake Wilson 743 33.3 −5.6
Green Daniel Joseph Willey 185 8.3 −2.2
Labour Caroline Adele Gavin 84 3.8 −0.4
Majority 479 21.4
Turnout 2,234 50.2 +0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Charlton Park

Charlton Park[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Richard Baker* 1,265 58.8 +12.0
Conservative Georgie Bass 726 33.8 −9.2
Green Sharon Lorna Wallington 160 7.4 +0.5
Majority 539 25.1
Turnout 2,151 54.7 −3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

College

College
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Garth Wallington Barnes* 1,060 56.5 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie** 1,019 54.3 +3.3
Conservative Rich Newman 418 22.3 −5.6
Conservative Kenneth Anthony Pollock 397 21.2 −6.7
Green Elizabeth Johnson 303 16.2 +1.0
Green Connor Lewis Auker-Howlett 192 10.2 −5.0
Labour Kevin Michael Boyle 138 7.4 +1.5
Reform UK Steven Thomas 47 2.5 N/A
Majority 601 32.0
Turnout 1,875 42.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Iain Dobie was a sitting councillor for Warden Hill ward.

Hesters Way

Hesters Way[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Albert Wheeler* 632 51.7 +6.3
Conservative Jerry Forrest 361 29.5 −8.3
Labour John Malcolm Bride 115 9.4 +1.7
Green Adrian Becker 104 8.5 −0.2
TUSC Samuel Jacob Coxson 11 0.9 +0.4
Majority 271 22.2
Turnout 1,223 24.3 −3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lansdown

Lansdown[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Glenn Andrews 829 51.9 +16.3
Conservative Chris Mason* 604 37.8 −7.3
Green Steve Bell 164 10.3 +2.6
Majority 225 14.1
Turnout 1,597 37.9 −4.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Leckhampton

Leckhampton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Charles Horwood* 1,446 60.8 +27.7
Conservative Teresa Anne Prothero 547 23.0 −20.9
Green Peter Robert Frings 387 16.3 −6.7
Majority 899 37.8
Turnout 2,380 54.5 −4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Oakley

Oakley[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Max Wilkinson* 775 63.5 +15.4
Conservative James Alan Robert Bass 249 20.4 −13.0
Labour Michael Jarvis 110 9.0 −0.8
Green Carl Anthony Parker 87 7.1 −1.5
Majority 526 43.1
Turnout 1,221 28.3 −0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Park

Park[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ann Chelin 1,304 53.4 +15.7
Conservative David George Reed 926 37.9 −11.7
Green Catherine Sunita Lyon Leggett 211 8.6 +0.3
Majority 378 15.5
Turnout 2,441 48.9 −4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pittville

Pittville[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Charles George Tooke 1,097 52.7 +19.5
Conservative Jonathan Edward Beeston 663 31.8 −16.5
Green Daniel Wilson 322 15.5 +4.7
Majority 434 20.8
Turnout 2,082 42.4 −1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Prestbury

Prestbury[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAB John Payne* 996 45.7 −4.3
Conservative Laura Elizabeth Haley 466 21.4 −8.9
Green Dan Taylor 398 18.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ben Ingram 318 14.6 −5.1
Majority 530 24.3
Turnout 2,178 44.6 −1.4
PAB hold Swing

Springbank

Springbank[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Jeremy Jeffries* 1,035 77.2 +24.3
Conservative Paul Robert Simons 191 14.3 −16.0
Green Stephen John Bear 114 8.5 +1.1
Majority 844 63.0
Turnout 1,340 26.3 −1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Mark's

St Mark's[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Jane Holliday* 880 62.5 +14.5
Conservative Joseph Charles Grout 304 21.6 −8.8
Labour Julie Frances Farmer 223 15.8 +5.9
Majority 576 40.9
Turnout 1,407 29.5 −2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Paul's

St Paul's[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tabi Joy 586 50.4 +27.5
Liberal Democrats Jayjay Potter-Peachey 437 37.6 +4.1
Conservative Susan Mary Godwin 139 12.0 −5.7
Majority 149 12.8
Turnout 1,162 26.6 −2.4
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St Peter's

St Peter's[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Victoria Mae Atherstone* 1,118 66.9 +14.4
Conservative Rosemary Jaquine Baillie 365 21.9 −5.3
Labour Clive Robert Harriss 187 11.2 +2.8
Majority 753 45.0
Turnout 1,670 30.1 −2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Swindon Village

Swindon Village[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Flo Clucas* 841 64.6 +16.3
Conservative Edward Wadih Hazzan 319 24.5 −5.0
Green Thomas Edward William Boden 142 10.9 −2.9
Majority 522 40.1
Turnout 1,302 29.9 −5.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Stephen Bamford 1,197 63.1 +15.8
Conservative Roger Graham Fox 533 28.1 −11.1
Green Samantha Diane Hodges 167 8.8 −0.8
Majority 664 35.0
Turnout 1,897 45.7 −4.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Warden Hill

Warden Hill[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Anthony Beale 1,088 57.1 +9.9
Conservative Carl Leigh Jones 606 31.8 −9.6
Green Tim Bonsor 149 7.8 ±0.0
Labour Ian Hugh White 61 3.2 −0.4
Majority 482 25.3
Turnout 1,904 43.7 −4.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections

Battledown

Battledown: 9 February 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Chidley 877 52.0 +11.2
Conservative Marcia Jacko 609 36.1 −10.3
Green Ian Cameron 156 9.3 −3.5
Labour Caroline Gavin 43 2.6 N/A
Majority 268 15.9 N/A
Turnout 1,685 35.4 −4.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase10.7

Prestbury

Prestbury: 12 October 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAB Stan Smith 644 37.2 −8.5
Green Jan Foster 484 27.9 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Ben Ingram 346 20.0 +5.4
Conservative Laura Kennedy 258 14.9 −6.5
Majority 160 9.3 −15.0
Turnout 1,732 36.7 −7.9
PAB hold Swing Decrease9.0

References

  1. ^ "Elections on 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 12 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Statement of persons nominated". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 12 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Election results for All Saints, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Election results for Battledown, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Election results for Benhall & The Reddings, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Election results for Charlton Kings, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Election results for Charlton Park, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Election results for Hesters Way, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Election results for Lansdown, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Election results for Leckhampton, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Election results for Oakley, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Election results for Park, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Election results for Pittville, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Election results for Prestbury, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Election results for Springbank, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Election results for St Mark's, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Election results for St Paul's, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Election results for St Peter's, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Election results for Swindon Village, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Election results for Up Hatherley, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Election results for Warden Hill, 5 May 2022". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2022.
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